Curious about websites offering immigration advice?

I am an American, who has been considering migrating to Australia. My profession (Mechanical Engineer) is also on the Skilled Occupation List.


While trying to get an idea of what I will need to do i've found past answers on this webpage giving helpful information, and have also found various websites that offer assessments and say based upon the assessment you can apply for %26lt;insert visa here%26gt; . What I am mainly curious about is the accuracy of their assessments since they all seem to include the disclaimer that they don't guarantee a successful application. I figured that more than likely it's to protect themselves in case of a law suit, but at the same time, I took a step back and figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. I appreciate the time anyone takes to answer this.Curious about websites offering immigration advice?
Hey, I can provide the answer for you. The reason they can't guarantee your application will be successful is because the points required for the Skilled Migrant Visas change from time to time. As you probably noted, the professions on the MODL also change as do the points allocated to each, this depends on the demand for that type of worker the previous year and various other economic lacunae.





As you probably already know, to ';pass'; the points test you need a pass mark of 100. BUT this won't guarantee you a place, but rather (if you are unsuccessful in obtaining the visa) will allow you to put your name down for some employer nomination schemes. The points required for the Skilled Migrant change sporadically, depending on demand and government policies.





The assessments done by these agencies are quite simple if you know the basics of Australian Migration Law or have a copy of the legislation, but they can't secure acceptance as the points required is the missing parameter.





Basically, points are allocated for age, qualification, work experience, english language knowledge, sponsorship with extra points being alloted for qualified spouse, having NAATI accreditations in a community language in demand, having Australian tertiary qualifications, Australian work experience etc.





Hope that helps. If you want to read the legislation yourself you can download it from www.austlii.com.au. Just search for ';Migration Act 1958'; and Migration Regulations 1994. For specific info about the Points test, S 92-96 of the Act discuss the test, also S 5.


Schedule 6A of the Regulations is probably the most helpful as it goes through the actual points test and is what the authorities use to determine your score. You will also find various other salient details in the regulations (from memory around the 2.26 area).





Hope that helps. Good luck and remember also that many of these laws could change as we have of recent had a change of government.Curious about websites offering immigration advice?
You can do everything yourself and save your $ instead of going through agency's.


Take a look at the offical Immigration websites


Immigration for Australia - http://www.immi.gov.au


Australian Government - http://www.australia.gov.au





For Aussie skilled jobs go to http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm





About working in Aussie - http://www.workingin-australia.com


For Australia Skilled Immigration Assessment Form - http://www.workpermit.com/australia/relo鈥?/a>





Step-by-step guides to procedures and paperwork


http://www.justlanded.com/english/austra鈥?/a> is a great guide that explains things in plain English, applying for visas, working or as an international student etc鈥?br>

Good Luck with it all !
Check out this website, it is the official Australian Immigration Dept site:





www.immi.gov.au





You will love Australia - it's the best country in the world! Have you given any thought to what part of the country you might settle in? I'm in Melbourne, which is a beautiful city, although at the moment we are sweltering thtough some of the hottest days we've had for years!
well our dollar is worth more but u gotta learn how to drive on the other side of the road